Paxson tells the story of the last frontier within the United States, the great plains and mountains beyond the Mississippi. His chapters move from the westward movement and the Indian frontier through Iowa, the Santa Fe and Oregon trails, the Mormon trek, the railroad surveys, the mining camps, the Plains wars and the railroads that finally settled the region.
A clear, well-paced history by the scholar who later won the Pulitzer Prize for his study of the frontier. Download the free EPUB.